Friday, May 30, 2008
Comics, seriously: Graphic novels draw students into reading
A quick link—McClatchy Newspapers ran a story on using comics to lure in reluctant readers: "Comics, seriously: Graphic novels draw students into reading."
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Marty Gray #092
Notice the numbering gap. During the original run of Marty Gray, I was on a press trip to Branson, Mo., and got stuck overnight in Oklahoma City after a thunderstorm grounded my flight back to NYC. Short on time and short on dial-up access (this was the dark days of 1997, mind you), I said, "To heck with it—I'll miss one day." None of our 20 readers complained.
Friday, May 23, 2008
Comics! Sensibly! And blogs written by robots!
OK, I know you're not supposed to feed these people, but I came across the most hilarious robot-generated blog. (It features some incomprehensible text about Babymouse, so it showed up in my Google News Alerts.) Here are some choice bits from the post, titled "Comics! Sensibly!":
Jxifrasierramona’s Weblog
Comics! Sensibly!
May 23, 2008 at 9:31 am (dvds, metaverse general, professor david healy)
Tags: dvds, metaverse general, professor david healy
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Idolatry!
It sort of has the feel of a Fuse #8 post that was translated to another language, translated back to English, and then junked up with 50-cent words. I assume there's some spamming purpose to it, except that there seem to be no links leading off of the page anywhere else.
Our fascinating modern world.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Those darned cats
Sadly, Camp Babymouse lost out in the Children's Choice Book Awards to ... Big Cats.
Typical.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
Friday, May 9, 2008
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Thank goodness
At long last, after nearly 10 years, Harry Potter is off the NYTimes bestseller list.
Give the rest of us a chance, already!
PS: Amazingly, this is the first time I've apparently ever written about Harry Potter or the New York Times. Had to add them to my list of labels.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Babymouse Español reviews
Back to the item I came here to write about: Spanish-language reviews of Babymouse: Reina del Universo and ¡Babymouse: Eres la Mejor!
(Yes, Babymouse is "Queen of the Universe" in Spain, not merely "Queen of the World." Any Spaniards know why that would be? I wonder if it's a legacy of living in a country that has had—and still has—actual royalty. Is "Queen of the World" a real title held by Doña Sofia?
She's also not "Our Hero"—instead, it's "Babymouse: You're the Best!")
Anyway, here are the reviews (linked through Google's translator):
At www.guzmanurrero.es and www.lacarceldepapel.com.
¡Babymouse en Español!
I came across a couple of reviews of Babymouse: Reina del Universo and Babymouse: Eres la Mejor in Spanish ... but then I did a search and realized I had never blogged about the Spanish translations of Babymouse in the first place!
So, anyway...
Babymouse has been translated into Spanish!
You can learn more about Babymouse: Reina del Universo and Babymouse: Eres la Mejor at RBA's Web site.
The book is from Spain, sadly, and not from a Western-Hemisphere Spanish-language publisher, so I don't know how easy it is for people in the USA to buy the books.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Friday, May 2, 2008
Kids: Vote for Camp Babymouse in the Children's Choice Book Awards
Voting for the Children's Choice Book Awards (reminder article here) ends this Sunday, May 4! So get in those votes at www.bookweekonline.com. And if I may, humbly, offer a recommendation for your vote...
Thursday, May 1, 2008
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